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Guidance for Parents of Child Performers

Before, during, and beyond the spotlight.

Raising a child in the spotlight comes with questions you can’t always Google. This blog offers guidance for parents of child performers, talent reps, and industry advocates. Inside, you’ll find strategies to protect your child’s joy, mental health, and well-being while navigating auditions, contracts, and the pressures of show business. Think of it as part guidebook, part compass.

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The Child Star’s Transition to Adulthood

This blog explores what public childhood can cost beneath the surface, and how adults can protect integration, identity, and coherence long after the applause fades.

People-Pleasing in Child Performers

The industry rewards kids who don’t make waves. But compliance isn’t the same as wholeness. Watch what happens when “good” becomes a job, and how to support a child who can say yes and no without fearing loss of love.

Financial Protection for Child Performers: Learning from the Olsen Twins

Money doesn’t just change income. It reorganizes a family. This piece explores what happens when a child becomes the structural center of the system, and why financial structure isn’t cold. It’s care.

When Your Child Earns More Than You

When a child starts earning real money, family roles will shift. Here’s how to protect identity, boundaries, and keep adulthood with the adults.

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Raising a child in the
spotlight comes with questions you can’t always Google.

Raising a child in the spotlight comes with questions you can’t always Google.

I’m a Certified Professional Coach through Lumia’s ICF-accredited program — meaning the work I do with families isn’t just intuitive, it’s ethical, evidence-based, and held to the highest coaching standards. I hold a Master’s degree from Wesleyan University and a BA in Psychology from Marymount Manhattan College. 

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